page_title: Kells (County Kilkenny barony)
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Kells (County Kilkenny barony) / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Kings River in Kells in County Kilkenny
context_page_description: Kells is a barony in the south-west of County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is one of 12 baronies in County Kilkenny. The size of the barony is 155.6 square kilometres. There are 10 civil parishes in Kells, made up of 167 townlands. The chief town is Kells.
  Kells lies to the south-west of the county, with the baronies of Callan and Shillelogher to the north, and the baronies of Iverk and Knocktopher to the south. It has a border with County Tipperary on the west.
  The barony was part of the territory of the Ua Glóiairn clan of Callann, and in the historic kingdom of Osraige. Kells Priory is located in the barony. Today it is part of the Roman Catholic Church diocese of Ossory and the Church of Ireland diocese of Cashel and Ossory. Kells is currently administered by Kilkenny County Council.
context_section_description: Contains the King's River or River Glory, which had a ford at Aughatarry and a bridge called Kyleadohir Bridge. The King’s River originates in the Slieveardagh Hills, it flows 25 kilometres northwest to Kells village  and it then flows 6 kilometres east where it feeds into the River Nore. The surrounding landscape is undulating, with a mix of tillage and grazing lands. The Walsh Mountains are in the barony and they stretch into the barony of barony of Knocktopher.
  Kells barony contains the towns of Kells and Kilmaganny, and the settlements of Baurscoob, Windgap, Dunnamaggan.  The village of Kells is situated on the south side of the King’s River on its floodplain. 
  Kells contais the civil parishes of Ballytobin, Coolaghmore, Dunnamaggan, Kells, Dunnamaggan, Kilmaganny, Kilree, Mallardstown, Stonecarthy, and Tullahought. 
  Kells contains parts of the Roman Catholic parishes of Callan, Dunnamaggan, and Windgap. Parts of the barony were in the Poor law unions of Callan, Carrick on Suir, and Thomastown.
caption: Kings River in Kells in County Kilkenny
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